Development of an EM-Based Lifeform Monitor

Abstract

Georgia Tech is currently conducting a program to develop an electromagnetically-based lifeform monitor capable of evaluating the medical status of battlefield casualties from extremely long ranges (10-100 meters). This lifeform monitor operates by measuring and analyzing scattered electromagnetic fields to detect respiratory-related and cardiac-related body motions in the casualty being evaluated. Because antenna-based techniques are used to perform the required scattered field measurements, the instrumentation being developed on this program achieves true remote operation. That is, personnel being evaluated do not wear or carry a biomedical transducer or any other type of auxillary device. This fact greatly enhances the attractiveness and potential usefulness of this approach.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA140583

Entities

People

  • J. Seals
  • M. L. Studwell
  • S. M. Sharpe

Organizations

  • Georgia Tech

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical Research
  • Demodulation
  • Detection
  • Field Tests
  • Filters
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Modulation
  • High Pass Filters
  • Lens Antennas
  • Local Oscillators
  • Modulation
  • Modulators
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Power Levels
  • Range Gating
  • Signal Processing
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Trauma or Military Medicine

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology